Stats

Lifespan: A few months
Size: Medium
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Climbing
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Rare

About

A leaf-green katydid of the central and southern United States that spends its life camouflaged among shrubs and tall grasses, its wings shaped and veined to mimic a leaf down to the midrib. Males sing a distinctive lisping tick-tick-tick call at dusk to attract mates.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4.
adult
Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Genus: Scudderia
Species: Scudderia texensis